Local & Regional

8:53 am

Fri March 4, 2011

Getting a Vote Could be Tougher

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Oklahoma Senate has voted to make it tougher for people to get an issue placed on the state ballot.

It voted 28-15 Thursday to send to voters a state question that would require a certain percentage of voter signatures in each of the state's five congressional districts in order to place a question on the ballot.

Current law requires signatures from 8 percent of the registered voters in the state to place a proposed legislative change on the ballot and 15 percent for a constitutional change. The bill by Republican Sen. Mike Shulz of Altus would require the percentages be met in each congressional district instead of as part of a statewide total.